St Bede's College
St Bede's College crest
Location
2 Mentone Parade Mentone Beach , Victoria 3194 Australia
Coordinates	37°59′28″S145°4′3″E / 37.99111°S 145.06750°E /-37.99111; 145.06750
Information
Type	Independent Catholic
Motto	Latin:Per Vias Rectas (By Right Paths)
Denomination	Catholic (Lasallian)
Established	1938
Chair	Keiren Tilbrook
Principal	Deborah Frizza
Years	7–12 (Mentone campus) 7–9 (Bentleigh East campus)[1]
Gender	Boys
Enrolment	1,950[1]
Colours	Blue, red, gold
Affiliation	Associated Catholic Colleges
Website	www.stbedes.catholic.edu.au

St Bede's College is a Catholic secondary school for boys in the Melbourne suburb of Mentone. The College was founded in 1938 by theDe La Salle Brothers, a religious order based on the teachings ofJean-Baptiste de la Salle, and is a member of the Associated Catholic Colleges, theCouncil of International Schools and theInternational Boys' School Coalition.

The College has two campuses: one inMentone that accommodates students from Years 7 to 12, and a middle years campus inBentleigh East, tailored to students in Years 7 to 9.

St Bede's College attracts students from Mentone and surrounding suburbs, and Bentleigh East and surrounds.

The College was founded in 1938 atMentone Beach, by the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, or De La Salle Order of Brothers, also known as The French Christian Brothers. The Brothers built the college overlooking Mentone Beach which opened in February, 1938. The Order had purchased a property which included aVictorian homestead, "the McCristal Estate", that had been used byMentone Girls Grammar School since the early 1920s. From its inception, St Bede's was a day andboarding school until 1998.^[2][3] It remains an independent school in the Lasallian and Catholic tradition.

The school was named afterSt. Bede the Venerable, a 7th-century Benedictine monk and priest, who spent his life teaching and writing atJarrow Abbey, and who was the first English historian, famous for his publication ofEcclesiastical History of the English People.

As a boarding school its bailiwick was statewide and encompassed southern New South Wales, and internationally from South East Asia, the South Pacific and the expat community. Its ethos is that of an essentiallymiddle class institution, with an emphasis on athleticism, religion, and discipline. It now comprises approximately 1950 day students.^[3][4]

In 2021, the former St James Catholic Regional College inBentleigh East amalgamated with St Bede's, under the overall operation ofSt Bede's College.^[5]

Years 7 and 8 students of the College study a variety of core subjects:^[6]

• Arts (art, drama and music)
• English
• Digital Technology (STEM)
• Health and Physical Education
• Humanities (Geography and History)
• Languages (Indonesian, Italian and Minionese)
• Materials Technology
• Mathematics
• Science
• Religious Education

Years 9 and 10 students also complete the subjects listed above, some of which are elective subjects. This framework is designed to comply with the Australian Curriculum.^[7]

St Bede's College offers its senior students theVictorian Certificate of Education (VCE) and VCE Vocational Major.

In 2016, the College'sF1 in Schools team, Infinitude, set the World Record at the World Finals inAustin, Texas, in collaboration withBrighton Secondary School, Adelaide.^[9]

In this same year, a team of students successfully won the Australian STEM Video Game Challenge in the Year 9–12Gamemaker/Gamestar Mechanic category with their game Spectrum.^[10]

• Br Simon Staunton: 1937–1938
• Br Julian Lennon: 1939–1947
• Br Colman Molloy: 1948–1952 and 1959–1965^[11]
• Br Finian Allman: 1953–1957^[11]
• Br Stanislaus Carmody: 1966–1967
• Br Charles Kirk: 1967–1968
• Br Peter McIntosh: 1968–1973^[11][12]
• Br William Firman: 1974–1987^[11][12]
• Br Kevin Moloney: 1988
• Br Quentin O'Halloran: 1989–1998^[11][12]
• Br Kenneth Ormerod: 1999–2006^[11][13][14]
• Br Garry Coyte: 2007–2017^[15][16]
• John Finn: 2018–2021^[17]
• Deborah Frizza: 2022–current^[18]

St Bede's is a member of theAssociated Catholic Colleges (ACC).

St Bede's has won the following ACC first division senior premierships and first division aggregate championships:^[19]

• Aggregate (3) – 2003, 2022, 2023
• Athletics (8) – 1958, 1961, 1962, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1986, 1987
• Basketball (10) – 1978, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1996, 2002, 2003, 2015
• Cricket (32) – 1958, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2019, 2022, 2023
• Cross Country (24) – 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2010, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023
• Football (16) – 1953, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1983, 1992, 1993, 1996, 2011, 2019
• Handball (4) – 1943, 1944, 1945, 1947
• Hockey (16) – 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2016, 2022
• Soccer (6) – 1987, 1993, 1996, 2011, 2012, 2023
• Swimming (15) – 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
• Table Tennis (1) – 2023
• Tennis (13) – 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1996, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2023
• Triathlon (4) – 2016, 2017, 2019, 2023
• Golf (23) – 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012

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• Michael Hirst – former CEOBendigo and Adelaide Bank, and current member of the board of directorsAMP Limited^[20]
• Jeremiah Siemianow – founder of Muso/Surreal, live music management platform^[20]

• Hon. JusticeKevin Bell (1972) – judge ofSupreme Court of Victoria and President of theVictorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal^[20]
• CrRalph Bernardi – Lord Mayor of Melbourne 1979–1980^[20]
• Hon. JusticeAnthony Cavanough (1972) – judge ofSupreme Court of Victoria^[20]
• Graham "Smacka" Fitzgibbon – Australian jazz legend^[20]
• ProfessorTim Flannery – (1973) celebrated environmentalist, scientist and 2007Australian of the Year (1973)^[20]
• ProfessorRon McCallum – Dean of Law atSydney University, a specialist in industrial law
• Peter McTigueOAM (Dux 1951) DPhil (Oxon) – Dean, School of Chemistry, Melbourne University 1986-1990^[21]
• Hon. JusticeShane Marshall – (Dux of Humanities 1973) judge of theFederal Court of Australia^[20] and the Supreme Courts of the ACT and Tasmania.
• Brad Rowswell – MLA forSandringham
• Nick Staikos – politician and StateMember for Bentleigh^[22]
• Hon.Marcus Stephen – weightlifter and President ofNauru^[20]
• Dave Sweeney – Nuclear free campaigner,Australian Conservation Foundation and co-founder of theInternational Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, which was awarded the2017 Nobel Peace Prize.^[23]
• SenatorDavid Van – elected in 2019.^[24]
• Hon. JusticeNeil Young QC – judge of theFederal Court of Australia^[20]

• British India – rock band members Declan Melia, Will Drummond, Matt O'Gorman and Nick Wilson.^[25]
• Chris Cester – member of the bandJet^[20]
• Nic Cester – member of the bandJet^[20]
• Liam Davison – novelist^[26]
• Greg Evans – radio & television presenter
• Carl and Mark Fennessy (1979 and 1985) – founders ofCrackerjack Productions, joint CEOs ofEndemol Shine Australia^[20]
• Smacka Fitzgibbon – trad jazz vocalist and banjoist
• Patrick Harvey – actor
• Jimi Hocking – songwriter, singer and guitarist
• Simon Hussey – Multi ARIA awarded composer, producer and engineer forDaryl Braithwaite andJames Reyne. Member ofAustralian Crawl.
• Jonathan Messer – stage/film director
• Cameron Muncey – member of the bandJet^[20]
• Patrick O’Neill – member of Melbourne janky pop band Twerps.
• Eddie Perfect – actor/comedian^[27][20]
• John Torode – celebrity chef
• Paul Dempsey – musician and a member ofSomething for Kate

• Kieran Ault-Connell – Paralympic Games gold medalist^[20]
• Miles Bergman – Australian rules footballer
• Luke Beveridge – Australian rules footballer and coach of theWestern Bulldogs^[28]
• Scott Boland – cricket player^[20]
• Ryan Byrnes – Australian rules footballer
• Paul Callery – Australian rules footballer^[20]
• Myke Cook – Australian rules footballer
• Finn Callaghan – Australian rules footballer
• Calsher Dear – Australian rules footballer
• Steve Ellery – Australian motorsports racing driver
• Peter Fitzgerald – athlete; a semi-finalist in the 200 metres at the 1976 Montreal Games^[20]
• Eugene Galekovic – Association football player
• Shaun Graf – cricket player^[20]
• Vince Grella – Association football player^[20]
• Toby Haenen – swimmer and Olympic bronze medallist^[20]
• Gerard Healy – Australian rules footballer; winner of the1988 Brownlow Medal^[20]
• Greg Healy – Australian rules footballer and president ofQuiksilver Inc^[20]
• Brad Hodge – cricket player^[20]
• Jon Holland – cricket player^[20]
• Nathan Holman – golfer; 2015Australian PGA champion^[20]
• Blake Howes – Australian rules footballer
• Bob Hoysted – racehorse trainer^[20]
• Bradley Hughes – golfer; 1993, 1998Australian Masters Champion^[20]
• Tom Lamb – Australian rules footballer
• Stephen McBurney – Australian rules football umpire^[20]
• Michael McCarthy^[20]
• Hayden McLean – Australian rules footballer
• Tony Marchant – cyclist and Olympic Gold Medallist^[20]
• Ljubo Milicevic – Association football player
• Tom Nicholls – Australian rules footballer
• Brett O'Hanlon – Australian rules footballer
• Dylan O'Keeffe – Australian motorsports racing driver
• Clive Rose – cricket player^[20]
• Peter Russo – Australian rules footballer^[20]
• Dylan Shiel – Australian rules footballer
• Jack Steven – Australian rules footballer
• Liam Sumner – Australian rules footballer
• Grant Thomas – Australian rules footballer and former coach ofSt Kilda Football Club
• Marcus Windhager – Australian rules footballer

• Brother Raphael Bassett F.S.C. – Provincial ofDe La Salle Brothers in Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea
• Most Rev.Christopher Saunders, DD, DCL – Bishop of Broome
• Fr Michael Buck, Assistant Priest & Master of Ceremonies – St Patrick's Cathedral Melbourne
• Fr Tom Sheeran – Parish priest at St Mary's Warwick

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